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A day before minor league baseball returns to Northeastern Pennsylvania, lawyers fighting over the Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders' past will head to court.

Lawyers representing Luzerne County, Lackawanna County and the Lackawanna County Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority will be in Lackawanna County Court on Wednesday for further action on Luzerne's bid to claim half the $14.6 million proceeds of the sale of the team last April to SWB Yankees LLC.

The stadium authority sold the team to help finance the construction of the new $43.3 million PNC Field in Moosic. Luzerne County officials contend their county is entitled to half the sale price under the 1986 purchase agreement that brought the team to the region. Each county put up $1 million to buy the franchise.

Lackawanna County counter-sued, claiming Luzerne owes it half the more than $20 million spent to maintain the previous stadium since it opened in 1989.

Luzerne County has filed a motion for summary judgment, which means it wants the case decided before a trial based on the facts already known. Lackawanna County and the stadium authority are opposing the motion.

A hearing is set for 1:30 p.m. in county court before Senior Judge Richard N. Saxton Jr.

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